1817 1st Edtn/1st Prnt HISTORY OF THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TWO VOLS By Edward Baines Good History

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1817 1st Edition 1st Printing, 1st Edition
HISTORY OF THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TWO VOLS
From the Breaking Out of The War in 1799 to The Restoration of a General Peace in 1815 Comprehending the Civile History of Great Britain and France During That Period
By Edward Baines
Edward Baines (1774–1848) was the editor and proprietor of the Leeds Mercury (which, by his efforts, became the leading provincial paper in England), politician, and the author of historical and geographic works of reference.

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Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London

quarto (4to 9+1⁄2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 1134

ISBN:

A substantial near-contemporary history published immediately after 1815, combining battlefield narrative (Italy, Egypt, Trafalgar, the Peninsular War, Russia 1812, Leipzig 1813, Waterloo) with an unusually full “civil history” of Britain and France—parliamentary debates, taxation and prices, public order and reform, the press, and the social pressures of blockade and conscription. Valued today both as a readable synthesis and as a window into how Britons understood the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era right after it ended.
Engraved portraits, maps, plans and charts throughout, including large folding maps. The set collates complete as called for in the “Directions to the Binder.” Notable plates include:
• Large folding “Chart of the Campaigns in the Wars of the French Revolution” (pan-European theatre).
• Large folding “United States of America… exhibiting the seat of war from 1812–1814,” with inset of Lakes Erie & Ontario.
• Further engraved portraits of principal actors and area maps/plans interleaved through the text (all present per binder’s directions).



SKU: BTETM0002616
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 30, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 4Kg

1817 1st Edition 1st Printing, 1st Edition
HISTORY OF THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TWO VOLS
From the Breaking Out of The War in 1799 to The Restoration of a General Peace in 1815 Comprehending the Civile History of Great Britain and France During That Period
By Edward Baines
Edward Baines (1774–1848) was the editor and proprietor of the Leeds Mercury (which, by his efforts, became the leading provincial paper in England), politician, and the author of historical and geographic works of reference.

Illustrated By:


Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London

quarto (4to 9+1⁄2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 1134

ISBN:

A substantial near-contemporary history published immediately after 1815, combining battlefield narrative (Italy, Egypt, Trafalgar, the Peninsular War, Russia 1812, Leipzig 1813, Waterloo) with an unusually full “civil history” of Britain and France—parliamentary debates, taxation and prices, public order and reform, the press, and the social pressures of blockade and conscription. Valued today both as a readable synthesis and as a window into how Britons understood the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era right after it ended.
Engraved portraits, maps, plans and charts throughout, including large folding maps. The set collates complete as called for in the “Directions to the Binder.” Notable plates include:
• Large folding “Chart of the Campaigns in the Wars of the French Revolution” (pan-European theatre).
• Large folding “United States of America… exhibiting the seat of war from 1812–1814,” with inset of Lakes Erie & Ontario.
• Further engraved portraits of principal actors and area maps/plans interleaved through the text (all present per binder’s directions).



SKU: BTETM0002616
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 30, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 4Kg

Good - A solid, complete working set. Vol. I with old tide-mark/water staining visible to the title and closing leaves and some cockling; spine with corresponding water darkening. Vol. II better overall. General rubbing to boards and edges; light scattered foxing/offsetting as usual for the period; folding maps crisp and present (minor handling as expected). No loose boards. Please see photos as part of condition report